Pandemic Flu Town Meeting

Fairfax County to Host Pandemic Flu Town Meeting

Fairfax County will host a town meeting on pandemic flu on Tuesday,
April 18, at 7 p.m. in the Board Auditorium of the Government Center,
12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. All are invited to attend.

Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly will provide a welcome
to the program and lead a panel of experts who will give brief
presentations and respond to questions from residents during a
question-and-answer period.

Dr. Gloria Addo-Ayensu, Fairfax County health director, will provide an
introduction and overview of pandemic flu, while Dr. Julia Murphy,
veterinary epidemiologist with the Virginia Department of Health, will
address birds and avian flu. Doug Bass, coordinator of the county’s
Office of Emergency Management, will discuss critical infrastructure
issues that may be affected during a pandemic. Deputy County Executives
Verdia Haywood and Rob Stalzer, co-chairs of the county’s pandemic flu
executive team, will serve on the question-and-answer panel and address
the county’s response to and planning for pandemic flu.

Questions will be accepted from those in attendance, as well as by phone
at 703-818-1445, TTY 711, or sent via e-mail to wwwcpd@fairfaxcounty.gov.

For those unable to attend, the program will be broadcast live on cable
Channel 16 and will be available on video on demand after the program
airs on April 18. The Pandemic Flu Town Meeting also will be rebroadcast
at 8 p.m. on both Saturday, April 22, and Wednesday, April 26.

For more information about Fairfax County’s pandemic flu planning
initiative, contact the Fairfax County Health Department at 703-246-2411,
TTY 703-591-6435.

Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of
disability in all county programs, services and activities. To request
this information in an alternate format, call the Office of Public
Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 711.